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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1255 PM CST Thu Jan 29 2026

-Breezy winds this afternoon gusting 35-45 mph out of the north.

-The snow potential this Friday night has very low potential for impacts. Accumulation has a low chance of occurring.

-Mild temperatures in the extended with a low chance for precipitation to return on Wednesday next week.

SHORT TERM

(This evening through Friday night) Issued at 1255 PM CST Thu Jan 29 2026

Breezy north winds on the back side of a cold front will continue this afternoon, and should diminish around the 2pm to 4pm time frame. The strongest jet streak and cooler airmass is displaced a bit further east, and therefore winds today should only gust in that 35 to 45 mph range for the most part. No precipitation expected with this system today and tonight.

As we stay tightly squeezed between warmer air to the southwest and colder air just to the east, tomorrow's high will be in the mid to upper 50s in the west to upper 40s/lower 50s in the east. The next cold air push that will be attributed to the large scale cold airmass over the Great Lakes region. As the center of the low dives down over eastern Missouri a back door cold air push will move across the Panhandles Friday evening before midnight. So there is some concern that the highs in the eastern Panhandle, may be lower if that front moves in quicker. Friday night will also have a little bit of moisture associated, and we could squeeze out some light snow overnight. But the likelihood of any accumulation, let alone impactful accumualtions is low (<20%).

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LONG TERM

(Saturday through next Wednesday) Issued at 1255 PM CST Thu Jan 29 2026

For those that wake up early Saturday morning, it will still be quite cold. The southwest Panhandles will have wind chills in the low teens, and in the northeast the wind chills will be close to zero. The main system will quickly move over the TN area and Carolinas Saturday afternoon, pulling the colder air further east. We will still have fairly cold highs in the low 30s to mid 40s on Saturday, but that will be the coldest day as the system pulls away to the east coast.

By Sunday high pressure that was over the west will replace that colder air that had pressed up against the lee of the Rockies and that will give a chance at widespread highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

Another fast moving upper trough will dive down under the northwest flow on Monday and we'll get some warm southwest flow on Tuesday that could support some areas in the low 70s as a high on Tuesday, but most areas will just be in the mid 60s.

Tuesday will be on the back side of that wave and that will knock temperatures back in the 50s.

Wednesday will be a bit tricky, as there is a hint that the a low will attempt to close off over the northern plains and dive down toward the central plains, holding our areas in a more colder backdoor front situation. Additionally, we might get some light rain/snow out of the back side of this system as it tries to grab a pocket of moisture off the Rockies and transport that over the Panhandles on Wednesday afternoon. Right now very low confidence on temperatures and pops on Wednesday as we await what this system will do.

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AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1155 AM CST Thu Jan 29 2026

VFR conditions will prevail at all TAF sites over the next 24 hours with mostly clear skies. Main impacts will be breezy north winds in the 20-30kt range, with gusts as high as 40kts through about the 21z time period. Thereafter, winds will start to come down gradually to around 10kts after 00z for most areas.

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AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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